Jean LACROIX

(b. 2 December 1789 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 January 1855 , Saint-Césaire, Canada East )

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Jean LACROIX was born 2 December 1789 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean LACROIX was the child of Joseph-Jean LACROIX and Marie-Anne FRADET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Nicolas LACROIX and Marie-Josephte BLOUIN (maternal) Jean-François FRADET and Marie-Madeleine COUTURE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Marie MIVILLE (MAINVILLE) 17 October 1815 in La Présentation, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MIVILLE (MAINVILLE) was born 2 August 1792 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Angelique ARPIN.

Jean LACROIX died 28 January 1855 in Saint-Césaire, Canada East .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean LACROIX married

Marie MIVILLE (MAINVILLE)-- Date: 17 October 1815 Place: La Présentation, Lower Canada
Marie MIVILLE (MAINVILLE) was the child of Charles MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Angelique ARPIN

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Children of Jean LACROIX and Marie MIVILLE (MAINVILLE):

Antoine LACROIX (b.8 May 1830, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Angelique DUBE 12 January 1852 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

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1789 Birth
2 December 1789
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Jean LACROIX and Marie MIVILLE (MAINVILLE) 17 October 1815 , La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

He was 25 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Antoine LACROIX was born 8 May 1830, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean was 40 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Marriage of Child
Antoine LACROIX married 12 January 1852, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire) to Marie-Angelique DUBE

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.